Official PA daily: Construction of synogagues "constitutes a base for targeting the [Al-Aqsa] Mosque"
“At its meeting yesterday [March 31, 2014], the Objections Subcommittee of the District Planning and Construction Committee approved the construction of the Tiferet Israel synagogue in the heart of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, a mere 200 meters from the Al-Aqsa Mosque…
The Al-Aqsa Institute for Islamic Trusts and Heritage said in a statement that the occupation has, so far, constructed approximately 100 synagogues and yeshivas (religious studies academies) in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem and its environs, with the aim of completely Judaizing the Old City within the next 20 years…
The Institute said that many senior Israeli officials have had a part in the incitement against Al-Aqsa, either through planning the construction of synagogues or planning the destruction of the Mosque, since synagogues constitute a base for targeting the Mosque. He noted that the occupation has, in recent years, constructed two large synagogues: the ‘Hurva Synagogue,’ constructed on the ruins of a mosque and an Islamic Trust in the Al-Sharaf neighborhood (i.e., The Jewish Quarter), and the Beit Yitzhak (i.e., Ohel Yitzhak) Synagogue.”
From WAFA, official PA news agency
Note: The Tiferet Israel, Hurva and Ohel Yitzhak synagogues are reconstructions of 19th century synagogues that were destroyed in 1948 or during the period of Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967. The original Tiferet Israel Synagogue was constructed in 1872 on land that had been purchased from its Arab owners; it was destroyed by the Jordanian Legion in 1948. The original Hurva synagogue was completed in 1864 on the ruins of a previous synagogue, which had been destroyed in 1720; it was destroyed by the Jordanian Legion in 1948. (Contrary to the claims made in the above item, no mosque existed on the site; synagogues and other Jewish community buildings had stood there since the 13th century.) The original Ohel Yitzhak Synagogue was built in the 1870’s in a courtyard that had been purchased from the prominent Khalidiyah family, the owners of one of the largest and most important Islamic family libraries in the world today. It was abandoned during the Arab riots of 1938, and destroyed by the Jordanians during the period of Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967.
The Al-Aqsa Institute for Islamic Trusts and Heritage said in a statement that the occupation has, so far, constructed approximately 100 synagogues and yeshivas (religious studies academies) in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem and its environs, with the aim of completely Judaizing the Old City within the next 20 years…
The Institute said that many senior Israeli officials have had a part in the incitement against Al-Aqsa, either through planning the construction of synagogues or planning the destruction of the Mosque, since synagogues constitute a base for targeting the Mosque. He noted that the occupation has, in recent years, constructed two large synagogues: the ‘Hurva Synagogue,’ constructed on the ruins of a mosque and an Islamic Trust in the Al-Sharaf neighborhood (i.e., The Jewish Quarter), and the Beit Yitzhak (i.e., Ohel Yitzhak) Synagogue.”
From WAFA, official PA news agency
Note: The Tiferet Israel, Hurva and Ohel Yitzhak synagogues are reconstructions of 19th century synagogues that were destroyed in 1948 or during the period of Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967. The original Tiferet Israel Synagogue was constructed in 1872 on land that had been purchased from its Arab owners; it was destroyed by the Jordanian Legion in 1948. The original Hurva synagogue was completed in 1864 on the ruins of a previous synagogue, which had been destroyed in 1720; it was destroyed by the Jordanian Legion in 1948. (Contrary to the claims made in the above item, no mosque existed on the site; synagogues and other Jewish community buildings had stood there since the 13th century.) The original Ohel Yitzhak Synagogue was built in the 1870’s in a courtyard that had been purchased from the prominent Khalidiyah family, the owners of one of the largest and most important Islamic family libraries in the world today. It was abandoned during the Arab riots of 1938, and destroyed by the Jordanians during the period of Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967.